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Oh my god. It is real. That is insane!
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#
Click on that and zoom and and you can clearly tell its real.
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#
Click on that and zoom and and you can clearly tell its real.
I remember Hans Rey doing something similar, back a couple of years ago.
http://www.spiffie.com/trials/pics/hans-02.jpg
Anyway, this is pretty sick!
http://www.spiffie.com/trials/pics/hans-02.jpg
Anyway, this is pretty sick!
thats such a cool pic. when you look at the small link photo it just looks like a load of waterfalls but then when you go to the big one yoyu see one insane freerider
it is a fake because look at the size of the grass blades and the way the water is falling - theres no way its real
minifish, have you ever herd of BUSHES??? it's not 'giant' grass, there called bushes, and the water is falling as it should do (the whole water-fall is man made)and it is possibal if you'v got balls to spare! =P
its not photoshoped - if you zoom in on teh orriginal image you can tell http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#
HAHAHAHA OMG OMG OMG
it took me about 10 looks at the pic to find a rider, i was looking at it like wtf is this here as pod for there is nothing about biking, 5 mins later, still looking and 'oh, there he is'
haha
it took me about 10 looks at the pic to find a rider, i was looking at it like wtf is this here as pod for there is nothing about biking, 5 mins later, still looking and 'oh, there he is'
haha
whats everyones problem with this photo, its def real, not shopped, 2bh i believe he rode the whole thing, but he could of just as easily walked there and just rolled on that one flat section for the photo, but grow up people, and give the photo and rider props, looks dope and fun 2 me 
Of course it's not Photoshopped. Although I couldn't ride it, it's just a series of pretty small drop off's... Not anything particularly ground breaking.
that is either one very very small man on a very very small bike, or it is a very big waterfall thingymajig. watever it is it deservs one very big POD!
it's real check out the original pic, if you zoom in it all comes together http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#
to sam: give me your email-adress and I send you the not compressed 5MB pic. directly from my camera so you can zoom in better. (panasonic DMC-TZ5) it's taken with 10x optic zoom from a distance of about 50 meters.
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I agree actually, zooming in on the photo which he uploaded to Picasa, you can see sticks at the bottom right corner of the photo!!
Also if we think at the probability for a minute; it is obviously man made, and for a start they would never bother making something that big, and secondly; they made it in the shape of steps... why would they do that if they weren't steps?? Sorry but this is so horribly fake, though I just wish it wasn't.
Also if we think at the probability for a minute; it is obviously man made, and for a start they would never bother making something that big, and secondly; they made it in the shape of steps... why would they do that if they weren't steps?? Sorry but this is so horribly fake, though I just wish it wasn't.
ah just let him be josh.... quote: they would never bother making something that big "
waht about piramids stupid
or these days sky scrapers...
if anything is fake ....ITS YOU !
waht about piramids stupid
or these days sky scrapers...if anything is fake ....ITS YOU !
So let me get this straight, "cyberhawk" you feel I shouldn't, and can't be taken seriously, because i'm 16? Maybe i'm not the one who needs to grow up; age discrimination frankly doesn't cut it; I made my point and if you cared to look at the photo he linked to it's quite clear that it's not real. Pyramids were made primarily as burials for kings, but most Egyptologists also believe that the pyramids were meant to serve as tombs for the pharaohs. Sky scrapers have a purpose too; they are an efficient use of space in urban area's, and they provide work for thousands of people! What makes ME fake?? Also, "josh-y" if you look at the photo carefully (when zoomed in) you can see twigs poking through the cracks between the rocks, and also the "trees" next to the rider don't have sufficient trunk size to be able to support themselves, were they actually to be trees rather than small shrubs!
haha the irony is amazing. cyberhawk, you just called rolto dumb yeh? and also american? thats a British flag!
Yup haha nice one, smart move there cyberhawk, plus you actually managed to use the American spelling of "generalize" so who's dumb?
you really think i am going to remember all the crap from every kid on pinkbike
if i open my dash its full of crap.. most of it by kids.. one crappy statement mingled in the other.. american or not your still a kid..
and dont give me crap about my spelling... go to school pubes..
if i open my dash its full of crap.. most of it by kids.. one crappy statement mingled in the other.. american or not your still a kid..
and dont give me crap about my spelling... go to school pubes..
ooh i'm a kid well done...
talking about crappy statements... "go to school pubes" right... maybe you should go to law school or something, THEN you could learn how to make good comebacks!
talking about crappy statements... "go to school pubes" right... maybe you should go to law school or something, THEN you could learn how to make good comebacks!
there's alot of people that are really dumb, just as many are ignorant. which one are you cyberhawk to engage and give a 16yr old crap? got no comebacks rolto just nominate cyber for today's DDB.
Ahh (sorry you posted before i could reply ) yeah pretty sure we've got a gold medallist in our hands here 
) yeah pretty sure we've got a gold medallist in our hands here 
well at least you read it correctly. travelled quite a bit an ended up there. it's in the UK, right?
rolto it may not have actually been made for bikes but not alll things are made for bikes but people stil ride them anyway
Well when i read it, where you put 'they would never bother making something that big' i thought u meant biker would never build somhing that big so thats why i said it might not actually be made for bikers (for a river or some thing like that) but bikers found it and said "Oh that looks like fun" and started doing it
Ah right , no i say that because if it were to be real, it would be a giant, man made staircase, so they wouldn't make it that big because it would be useless as anything other than just to look at; which is one reason I think it's fake!
, no i say that because if it were to be real, it would be a giant, man made staircase, so they wouldn't make it that big because it would be useless as anything other than just to look at; which is one reason I think it's fake!
Go on that link on one of the comments b4.. you can see by his face hes being sprayed,, and the wheels are on the rocks,, personally i dont think its shopped.. but if it is then its some freakin good photoshop skills!
I would say shoped. If it is real he has insane balls but it cold use some toching up anyway because it isnt very clear
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look again about those 10 foot drops. closer to 5 at most with big runouts. the cracks between the rocks are easily ridden and the water level is below the rocks, not about to sweep anything away. i'd ride that anytime. its amazing, but calm down. and there's no need to fake something which is not that insane.
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Last summer I already rode the steps when there was no water coming down. So I knew already which steps I was able to ride and which ones I had to hop down on the back wheel as I used to do in trails competition. I used maxxis minion DHF 42a 2.5 UST with less than 2 bar in it to have maximum grip. I have the non compressed picture in 4.3 MB size on my computer.
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can no one have a decient photo on here any more with out people saying its photo shopped! Smart pod btw
Great picture! Great riding! Would be nice to see the scale of this in multimap or google earth though...
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It's not photoshopped for the love of god. If you would shut up and at least look into it rather that just open your mouth for once....
thats not photoshopped! where would he get the samples from to make the other ledges? If it was edited then every step would be the same and so would the water flow! SICK PICTURE!
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even if it's photoshop, that's a f*cking diferent place to ride..it's cool to imagine it, or ride it!
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No photoshop read above. ( i trust belgium people)
Maar moest wel ff nadenken ... want dit is echt te vet!!!! Eerste wat ik dacht was omg daar wil ik vanaf , na goed kijken zie ik ook daadwerkelijk iemand haha!!
Super!
Maar moest wel ff nadenken ... want dit is echt te vet!!!! Eerste wat ik dacht was omg daar wil ik vanaf , na goed kijken zie ik ook daadwerkelijk iemand haha!!
Super!
Yeah this is great, and totally do-able if you have the skills. Saying this is photoshopped is like telling the rider he's "HACKING" lol!
The guys who say this pic is fake just hope its fake, because when they see this, they realise they really suck at mountainbiking
Why? looks like he rode down some man made water fall staircase type thing with small drops to barely there landings. The water would make it interesting but that is all. SICK riding!
I'll agree with that. Lots of people love to doubt and rip things apart. A bit of scepticism is good, but it easily goes too far.
I love trials, in its own right. But the skills learned have made me a much better rider/freerider for sure.
Your picture is truly wild! Most people wouldn't even think to ride that!
Thanks for sharing it.
Matt
I love trials, in its own right. But the skills learned have made me a much better rider/freerider for sure.
Your picture is truly wild! Most people wouldn't even think to ride that!
Thanks for sharing it.
Matt
You're f*cking right man! Trials rock and build some serious skills that makes you gain loads of speed on the trails! Rock on!
cool picture, but pod?
i dont think so.
there are soo many other pictures that deserve pod way more than this one.
i dont think so.
there are soo many other pictures that deserve pod way more than this one.
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Hey, you wanna know why it is real, look at the f*cking tree on the right of him! Looks about right for a human/small tree ratio you retards. It's just amazing riding and talent and balls, so stop sayin it's fake, cos it's fuking not!!
thats awsome but i think bighair is right. please correct me if im wrong. anyway thats such a good pod
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that is a sweet pic and it isnt photo shop that is freaking epic. sorry i got to go change my pants.
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POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
it is a good POD and all but to me it looks fake but it doesnt matter if its photoshop or not in my mind to me all it has to be is a good picture which this is so definatly POD worthy
If you think it's fake check this out
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
why doesn't the location of the picture be given, then we can see for ourselves online using google earth or other pictures of it...where exactly is it?
If you think it's fake check this out
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
I hope you realize your wrong
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
I hope you realize your wrong
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haha i love all the people who think that this is fake- every reason being more ridiculous than the last. sh*t makes my day haha
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I had Jan As a guide in Italy last summer at belive me for real the guy is crazy.
so NO its not a fake pic.
so NO its not a fake pic.
i can see why people would say it is fake or photoshopped cause is is freekin' unbelievable, but because it is legit, all those non-believers can shove off... hats off to you sir, you've done what nearly all wouldn't have the balls to attempt. Well deserved POD, couldn't imagin the rush of that ride....
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If you think it's fake check this out
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
I hope you realize your wrong
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
I hope you realize your wrong
Ok, I want to believe its real, and when you zoom in on the photo, the riders pixels match perfectly fine with the surrounding pixels, but how does showing the pic on picasa prove anything different?
because you can see, that as you said "the pixels match PERFECT". There is no such thing as perfect in photoshop. teh rider is equally as focused as the rocks which means the lens used has the same focal length when shooting both, the chances of two things being shot at seperate places, maybe even with different camera's and lenses' and turning out the same is going to be pretty weird.
If you think it's fake check this out
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
I hope you realize your wrong
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
I hope you realize your wrong
Lol, if it is real (which it problably isnt), what is the point than of only taking a picture, if he would've done this, there would shorly have been some sort of recording of it.
You dont do this once in a lifetime and only take 1 photo of the big thing....
Nais anyway
You dont do this once in a lifetime and only take 1 photo of the big thing....
Nais anyway
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i think it could be fake because the "tree" beside the rider is clearly a weed and if it was a tree then the guy is like 3 times fatter than the tree trunk also he guys darker than everything else witch could indacate 2 seprate light sorces from 2 completly diffrent photos.
not saying its defo fake and etheir way i think it deserved the POD
P.S.the views and opinions (and bad spelling) expressed in this coment are not those of stuart0793, im his friend who has his password
not saying its defo fake and etheir way i think it deserved the POD
P.S.the views and opinions (and bad spelling) expressed in this coment are not those of stuart0793, im his friend who has his password
its such an awesome shot and unique that im at a loss of words at just how cool it is, bravo guy, clearly one of the most exciting nice shots for a POD in maybe ever, or as long as i've been lookin on pinkbike
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Looks like the spillway of a dam. Perhaps designed to allow some aquatic life to ascend into the dam or perhaps just to look pretty. I'm sure this is not the ONLY photo on the internet of this place.
The drop behind the rider looks about five feet high. It looks perfectly doable for a good rider. Not photoshopped. Why would anyone bother?
If nosewheely told us the name of the place you could Google images in a heartbeat - probably with people standing in front of the drops. And then everyone who says its photoshopped would look like a tool!
POD!
The drop behind the rider looks about five feet high. It looks perfectly doable for a good rider. Not photoshopped. Why would anyone bother?
If nosewheely told us the name of the place you could Google images in a heartbeat - probably with people standing in front of the drops. And then everyone who says its photoshopped would look like a tool!
POD!
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Okay,
1. punch 'lago di tenno, italy' into google maps.
2. go about 500 metres to the south west of the bottom left hand corner of the lake.
3. Change to the satellite view if you aren't already.
That long caterpiller looking thing is the 'stairway'.
If someone can find a link to a tourist's photo of the thing, post the link please. I'm done.
I'm still trying to find a tourist shot of the thing.
1. punch 'lago di tenno, italy' into google maps.
2. go about 500 metres to the south west of the bottom left hand corner of the lake.
3. Change to the satellite view if you aren't already.
That long caterpiller looking thing is the 'stairway'.
If someone can find a link to a tourist's photo of the thing, post the link please. I'm done.
I'm still trying to find a tourist shot of the thing.
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omfg who said that the trees look like grass.. must have been very dumb .. :S it's obvious that these are trees, or bushes, i don't know.. but in no way this is grass!
Props to the rider!
Props to the rider!
Ufff, i could do that with my eyes closed!!
The reason my eyes are closed is beause ill be at the top and when im about to drop the first step ill have a heart attack and di
but still my eyes closed 
The reason my eyes are closed is beause ill be at the top and when im about to drop the first step ill have a heart attack and di
but still my eyes closed
dude if only i had a bike and an opportunity i would do some stupid but awesome shit like that but anyway very sick a people check this out its such a better pic of this
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
http://picasaweb.google.be/nosewheely/ForPinkbike#5338129299263976050
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how can anyone belive this is real? its not , its just a miss-leading image , and a good photoshop! there is nowhere in the world with a stepped water fall like this , look at the rocks , they are bout 2-4 inches accross! the "trees" are actaly a grass (like i say miss-leading) and look at the size of some of the crators , they are bigger than the wheels of the bike , there is small sticks at the edge of the image , thats if this was to scale of the bike would not exist , and also the volume of water falling is far to tame! there is no way its unedited! people are not looking closley enough! before you dissagree , look very closley! it is 100% a garden feature of about 4 foot high! and before i get into a debate , im not saying its bad , im just saying its edited!
thankyou
thankyou
dude the "small sticks" are called Small logs, oh and zoom in and check out the "grass" its got leaves and branches... its most probably a man made waterfall(like this one?)
ITS NOT EDITED!
ITS NOT EDITED!
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Date: 2009-04-15
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so NO its not a fake pic.